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Alabama's Barrett Jones plays mythbuster

FORT LAUDERDALE – Alabama center Barrett Jones didn't want to make a list that could get him in trouble, but there was a sense that there might be quite a few things on it. Asked at media day preceding

FORT LAUDERDALE – Alabama center Barrett Jones didn't want to make a list that could get him in trouble, but there was a sense that there might be quite a few things on it.

Asked at media day preceding Monday's BCS National Championship whether the Crimson Tide would devote extra attention to Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o, the veteran lineman took a chance to dispel a media myth.

"I think that's maybe one of the most overrated media things is that we prepare differently for different players. We really, for the most part, just kind of run our offense," he said. "And certainly, we are aware of the great players. But I don't think we really adjust things."

Te'o was compared to Georgia All-American linebacker Jarvis Jones, a player Barrett Jones would warrant special consideration because he plays on the outside and couldn't be blocked by a running back. The Tide would want one of its massive offensive lineman on a player like that.

But, generally, they're not scheming for one player on defense.

"Really, I love when announcers are like, 'Look at them. They're double-teaming this guy,' " Jones quipped in a mock announcer voice. "Usually that's an accident. Rarely do you say, we call a play and you say, 'Got right, let's double team this guy, on one.' That's just not how it works. Sometimes in certain plays and protections, you might end up double teaming someone but rarely is that the plan."

Because he was on the topic of overplayed things in the media, we asked for more. Jones wouldn't offer much, joking that he didn't want to get in trouble (presumably with coach Nick Saban), but did dispel one more myth.

"First of all, we're gonna lose because we're staying at the Fountainebleau," he said of the luxury hotel in Miami where the team is headquartered. "That's what I've heard a lot. Notre Dame's in a nice, quiet, family environment, but all of us are apparently hanging out and Club Liv whenever we're not in practice, which is not true.